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Google Tensor G4 vs Apple A9

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 3100MHz Google Tensor G4 vs. 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor G4 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.5267 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (64GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3100MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Released 8 years and 11 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
Google Tensor G4 +311%
1176410
Apple A9
285954
FP32 (float)
Google Tensor G4 +914%
2526
Apple A9
249

CPU

1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
3100 MHz
Frequency
1850 MHz
8
Cores
2
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
L2 cache
3 MB
-
L3 cache
0
4 nm
Process
14 nm
-
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC

Graphics

Mali-G715 MP7
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
940 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
-
Execution units
6
192
Shading units
32
16
Max size
4
2.5267 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
-
DirectX version
11

Memory

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
64 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
3840 x 2400
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
-
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Exynos 5400
Modem
Qualcomm MDM9635M

Connectivity

-
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
Yes
5G support
No
-
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
7
Wi-Fi
5
5.3
Bluetooth
4.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Aug 2024
Announced
Sep 2015
Flagship
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
APL1022
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